Re: [Xen-API] [Xen-users] Installing XCP from USB thumb drive

[Shawn Henderson <shenderson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Here's how we did it (from my engineer):

What we did to get XCP install from a USB stick.
Step #1)  Download all the things
YUMI. (I used 0.0.5.8 but any version should work) - 
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/yumi-multiboot-usb-creator/
XCP install ISO - http://www.xen.org/download/xcp/index.html
Step #2) Plug in your USB stick (the rest assumes the drive is assigned a 
letter of D:)
Step #3a) Run YUMI
Step #3b) Agree to the license Agreement
Step #3c)  Select D: for YUMI Step 1
Step #3d) Select the option “Try an Unlisted ISO” for YUMI Step 2
Step #3e) Browse to the downloaded XCP ISO from step 1 and select it for YUMI 
Step 3
Step #3f)  Mash create and wait. 
 
At this point it is going to bloat things a little by having the full iso on 
the USB stuck but who cares right?
 
Step #4)  Open the ISO downloaded in Step 1 using your favorite archive 
program. (I use 7-zip) Copy the folders packages.main and packages.transfer-vm 
to the root of d:\ and finally copy the file XS-REPOSITORY-LIST to the root of 
D:\
 
Step #5)  PROFIT?

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From: xen-api-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [xen-api-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf 
Of Ian Campbell [Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2012 7:04 AM
To: Mike McClurg
Cc: xen-api@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Eric
Subject: Re: [Xen-API] [Xen-users] Installing XCP from USB thumb drive

On Fri, 2012-06-22 at 12:51 +0100, Mike McClurg wrote:
> On 22/06/12 12:18, Anil Madhavapeddy wrote:
> > On 22 Jun 2012, at 12:12, Mike McClurg wrote:
> >
> >> On 22/06/12 11:59, Ian Campbell wrote:
> >>> On Fri, 2012-06-22 at 11:27 +0100, Mike McClurg wrote:
> >>>> On 21/06/12 00:05, Eric wrote:
> >>>>> Is CD-ROM/DVD-ROM the only way to install XCP?
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm sure you could dd the iso to a thumb drive in the same way you would
> >>>> any other OS.
> >>>
> >>> This depends on the iso having being created with special options though
> >>> -- is that done for XCP isos?
> >>
> >> I have no idea, what options does an ISO need to be created with? Can
> >> you repackage an ISO with those options?
> >
> > If it still exists, packaging.hg creates the XenServer ISO with the correct
> > options for PXE boot. XCP probably uses the same build scripts...are they
> > open-source?
>
> Those scripts don't contain any license information that I can see, and
> we haven't published them publicly. I'm all for making XCP easier to
> build outside of Citrix, but I don't think that thrusting our build
> system on the world is the right way to do it ;)
>
> Anyway, here is the blurb that generates the iso:
>
> mkisofs -joliet -joliet-long -r \
>     -b boot/isolinux/isolinux.bin -c boot/isolinux/boot.cat \
>     -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table \
>     -sort $(MY_OBJ_DIR)/sort.main.list \
>     -V "$(PLATFORM_NAME)-$(PLATFORM_VERSION) $(LABEL_main)" \
>     -o $@ $(STAGING_main);
>
> Does that look like it'll generate a thumb-drive-bootable ISO?

The scripts which create the Debian CD sets use
        case "$MKISOFS" in
            *xorriso*)
                add_mkisofs_opt $CDDIR/../$N.mkisofs_opts "-isohybrid-mbr 
syslinux/usr/lib/syslinux/isohdpfx.bin"
                add_mkisofs_opt $CDDIR/../$N.mkisofs_opts "-partition_offset 16"
which I think is related to this.

I think it is basically doing isohybrid at creation time instead of post
processing. It seems (and this corresponds with my vague memory of
seeing the discussion on debian-cd) like it needs xorriso rather than
mkisofs (which IIRC is deprecated).

Ian.


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